Posts Categorized: 19th century
With election day coming up in the United States, my thoughts are turning to a woman’s right to vote. We are so accustomed to any U.S. citizen being allowed to cast a ballot that it’s difficult to conceive of parts of the world where that still isn’t the case. There’s an interesting story from last…
Hi there, fellow readers! The American Library Association has designated September 21-27th Banned Books Week, with the goal of bringing attention to banned or “challenged” books. Here’s the Association’s statement of purpose, along with its definition of what constitutes a banned or challenged book: Each year, the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom compiles a list of…
Well, we missed the June 30th deadline for submitting long-winded prose loaded with hackneyed, trite expressions, otherwise known as the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (they haven’t announced the 2014 winners yet, so maybe you can slip in your entry). The contest was named after Victorian novelist Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, (1803-1873). His writing…
As many of you know, I find a lot of cool stuff as I peruse 19th century newspapers. Usually the items aren’t relevant to what I’m trying to find out, but I like to tuck them away to share with you! Hope you get a kick out of these, as you imagine yourself in the…
I have a confession to make: I’m having way too much fun writing this third book in the Concordia Wells Mystery series! I’m hoping you’ll enjoy reading it, too. (It should be out by late summer). One component of the story, set in 1898 Hartford, Connecticut, involves the use of dynamite by the bad guys. I won’t…
Happy Tuesday! Today I’m at the home of that super-spook-thriller writing duo, Bayard and Holmes, where we’re talking about Ghostbusting 100 years ago. Find out about those charlatan spirit mediums who get caught with their pants down. Come join us! 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike
During these long winter months, a lot of folks enjoy getting together for meals and entertainment. So let’s take a look at the subject of: Fine Dining And this isn’t just your ordinary survey of tips and recipes, oh no. Today we have two mavens of fine dining, together in a way only possible…
Last week, many of us in the U.S. and Canada were dealing with record low temps as the result of the dreaded Polar Vortex. The lows in some parts of the U.S. rivaled temps in Antartica. Crazy. For those of you who are making the best of winter’s snow bounty, history is on your side.…
